sharing and implementation of heterogeneous database for education resource based on xml共享和实现基于xml的异构数据库的教育资源.pdf

J. Software Engineering Applications, 2009, 2: 200-205 doi:10.4236/jsea.2009.23027 Published Online October 2009 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jsea) Sharing and Implementation of Heterogeneous Database for Education Resource Based on XML Shixi TANG YanCheng Teachers University College of Science Technology, Yancheng, China. Email: tsxlyh@163.com th st th Received May 11 , 2009; revised July 1 , 2009; accepted July 15 , 2009. ABSTRACT The problem of sharing heterogeneous database for accessing different educational resources has to be considered. The study is carried out to realize the heterogeneous database sharing for educational resources using multi-media educa- tional resources as the researching object. XML is applied as middleware for the practical requirements of education. The study has important practical significance for the intellectualization of educational and teaching resource platform. Keywords : Heterogeneous Database, XML, Education Resource 1. Introduction standard on Internet. Meanwhile, XML and a series of related standards have been widely accepted and used, Nowadays, material resource, energy resource and in- including the generation, storage, analysis of XML formation resource are three pillar resources during the documents, which lay the foundation for XML as data- development of technology and economics. Educational base, as well as offer the possibility to realize the sharing information resource, as an important part of information of data in heterogeneous databases. The automatic trans- resource, plays an important role in improving the teach- forming XML